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  1. Hardcore will never die! on Will The Death of the PC Bring 'An End To Openness'? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Nuff said!

  2. Re:Direct link on Police Raid Home of 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay User, Seize "Winnie the Pooh" Laptop · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Actually that's exactly how it works. You don't call the police directly like you're reporting robbery though. Your lawyers see a judge and file charges and obtain a warrant. THEN the police get involved and go to the defendant and gather evidence. Those extra steps are required, in theory, to make sure that a crime is likely taking place before the police get involved. At some point a judge approved this raid before it happened. The plaintiff presented evidence to support their claim, had their i's dotted and t's crossed, got the warrant, and in came the cops. That's sometimes how civil cases go.

    Well as far as the Finnish laws go, the investigating police officer can issue a search warrant for anyone's home if there is "a reasonable suspicion". Whatever this "reasonable suspicion" can be, is up to anyone's guess. No need for a judge just yet. This procedure shows just how rotten a police state this country has become.

  3. Re:Ah ah ah! on Ask Slashdot: Overhauling an Amusement Park's Multi-Zone Audio Player? · · Score: 0

    Assuming we are discussing about the same business offer that we have received, I said we would look into the matter and we would be in touch if such need arises. Now that you have taken a step forward to mock us and our decision publicly, I'm not so sure that your company is the right one when it comes to building a working business relationship. Nevertheless, I thank you for your interest and I wish you good luck into the future.

  4. Re:here you go! 99 bucks and does it all!!!! on Ask Slashdot: Overhauling an Amusement Park's Multi-Zone Audio Player? · · Score: 1

    Like I said in a reply to an earlier post, the live 'emergency' paging is actually done in cobranet so only pre-recorded messages are required to play on trigger. So this could be one solution.

  5. Re:Decisions, Decisions, Decisions... on Ask Slashdot: Overhauling an Amusement Park's Multi-Zone Audio Player? · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the insight. Digital signage IMO is another beast on its own. There seems to be quite a selection of different FOSS solutions to it.

  6. Re:make it easy on yourself? on Ask Slashdot: Overhauling an Amusement Park's Multi-Zone Audio Player? · · Score: 2

    I got the impression that the CobraNet end was fine and operational, but the head end was buggy. Once the audio hits the line out, the job is finished. He needs multiple audio feeds which can be overridden with alternate audio (?) at regular intervals (park tours are beginning at the visitors center), and an option to override with alternate audio, either pre-recorded (boat to the mainland leaves the dock at 1900 hours) or real-time (emergency everybody-run-for-your-life-the-T-Rex-is-loose), on all or a selectable number of channels simultaneously.

    Sounds like a real programming job!

    You nailed it. The live 'emergency' paging is actually done in cobranet so only pre-recorded messages are required to play on trigger.